Job 20:5 Cross References - ISV

⁵ The wicked triumph only briefly; the joy of the godless is momentary.

⁹ “The enemy said, ‘I’ll pursue them, I’ll overtake them, I’ll divide the spoil. I’ll satisfy my anger on them, I’ll draw my sword, and my hand will bring them to ruin.’ ¹⁰ “You blew with your breath, and the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty water.

²¹ Samson is Imprisoned by the PhilistinesThen the Philistines grabbed him, gouged out his eyes, brought him down to Gaza, tied him up in bronze chains, and made him grind grain in their prison. ²² But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved off.
²³ Some time later, the Philistine officials got together to present a magnificent sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to throw a party, because they were claiming, “Our god has given Samson into our control!”
²⁴ When the people saw Samson, they praised their god, claiming: Our god has given our enemy into our control; the one who was destroying our land, and who has killed many of us.
²⁵ Because they all got good and drunk, they ordered, “Go get Samson, so he can entertain us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he entertained them while they made him stand between the pillars.
²⁶ Samson Kills Himself and 3,000 PhilistinesThen Samson told the young man who had been leading him around by the hand, “Let me touch and feel the pillars on which this building rests, and I’ll support myself against them.” ²⁷ Now the building was full of men, women, and all the Philistine officials, with about 3,000 men and women on the roof watching Samson while he was entertaining them.
²⁸ Then Samson cried out to the LORD, “Lord GOD, please remember me. And please strengthen me this one time, God, so that I can repay the Philistines right now for my two eyes.” ²⁹ Then Samson grabbed the two middle pillars upon which the house rested and braced himself against them with one pillar in his right hand and the other in his left.
³⁰ Then Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He strained with all his strength until the building collapsed on the officials and every person in it. As a result, the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed during his lifetime.

¹¹ Then Haman told them about his splendid wealth, the number of his sons, all the ways the king had honored him, and that he had promoted him above all the other officials and ministers of the king.
¹² Then Haman said, “Even Queen Esther brought no one except me with the king to the banquet that she held. Furthermore, I (along with the king) have also been invited by her tomorrow.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and then the king’s anger subsided.

³ “I myself saw a fool becoming established, but I suddenly cursed where he lived.

¹² While they are still green and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant. ¹³ Such are the paths of everyone who forgets God— the hope of the godless will be destroyed:

¹⁹ “Indeed, this is the benefit of God’s way: from the soil other plants will sprout.

²⁹ “He won’t become rich and his wealth won’t last; he won’t expand his holdings to cover the land. ³⁰ He won’t escape darkness; a flame will wither his shoots; and he’ll depart by the breath of God’s mouth. ³¹ Let him not trust in a worthless speech. He leads only himself astray, for emptiness will be his reward. ³² This will be accomplished before his time; his branches won’t grow luxuriant. ³³ “He is like a vine that drops its unripe grapes; like an olive tree that loses its blossoms. ³⁴ For the company of the godless is desolation, and fire consumes the tents of those who bribe.

⁵ The Wicked are Trapped“Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn’t shine. ⁶ Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him.

⁸ For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?

¹³ “This is what a wicked person inherits from God, and what the ruthless will receive from the Almighty: ¹⁴ If he has many children, their destiny is to die by the sword, and his descendants won’t have enough food. ¹⁵ Those who do survive him disease will bury, and his widow won’t even weep. ¹⁶ “Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay, ¹⁷ whatever he stores up, the righteous will wear, and the innocent will inherit that silver! ¹⁸ “He has built his house like a moth’s cocoon, like a temporary sunshade that a watchman makes. ¹⁹ He will go to bed wealthy, but won’t be doing that anymore! When he opens his eyes, it will be gone! ²⁰ Terror will overtake him like a flood, at night, a tornado will sweep him away. ²¹ He’ll be swept up by a storm wind and carried away; he’ll be whirled away from his place. ²² It will toss him around without pity. He’ll try to break free from its grip, ²³ but it will clap its hands over him, hissing at him as it lunges toward him.”

³⁵ I once observed a wicked and oppressive person, flourishing like a green tree in native soil. ³⁶ But then he passed away; in fact, he simply was not there. When I looked for him, he could not be found.

¹⁸ You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin. ¹⁹ How desolate they quickly become, completely destroyed by calamities. ²⁰ Like a dream when one awakens, Lord, you will despise their image when you arise.

²¹ I Never Knew You
“Not everyone who keeps saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.

²⁰ As for what was sown on the stony ground, this is the person who hears the word and accepts it joyfully at once, ²¹ but since he doesn’t have any root in himself, he lasts for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, he immediately falls away.

²² The people kept shouting, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man!” ²³ Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

⁴ Each person must examine his own actions, and then he can boast about his own accomplishments and not about someone else.

¹⁶ But you boast about your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.